You Can’t Censure a Censor for Doing His Job

Posted by Editormum on Tuesday, 18 November 2003 in Uncategorized | ∞

Three words that are often confused, and that have little to do with each other: censor, censure, sensor, and censer. Let’s get the censer out of the way first, as it bears no conceivable relation to the other two, except in approximate pronunciation. A censer (/SEHN sur/) is an incense burner that can be swung […]